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Keep the ICE Connection Warm, Submit to the Newsletter

Don't let the ICE Conference buzz wear off!   You can keep the good vibes going, and practice for your 2010 presentation, by submitting something to the ICE CUBE newsletter by March 15. 

The next newsletter's theme will be "“Managing and Using Digital Images" and will include all sorts of tips, tricks, and classroom project ideas.  After all ICE gave you during the conference, now's your chance to give back!

To submit an article, send an email to Dick Marchessault (Executive Director of ICE)   dmarchessault@iceberg.org

ICECAP Meet & Greet @ ICE Conference

We hope you'll be able to join the ICECAP crew for a meet & greet today @ 10:30 A.M. at the ICE Conference!

ICE CONFERENCE WEEK! "Connecting to the World of Tomorrow"

Hopefully, you haven't let the ICE Conference Week sneak up on you!

Here's the low-down overview-style:

ICE Conference 2009, formerly known as the Illinois Technology Conference for Educators, is titled "Connecting to the World of Tomorrow" 
Dates: February 24 to 27th at Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles
Register online at http://www.iceberg.org

Tuesday: Full-day Workshops

Wednesday: Full-day Workshops
Thursday: Featured Speakers, Workshops, and Breakout Sessions
Friday: Featured Speakers, Workshops, and Breakout Sessions

Remember that there is FREE "Kick-Off" reception in the Exhibit Hall on Wednesday from 3:00 PM - 5:30 PM for all people who are registered for the conference.

The schedule for the Thursday and Friday general conference breakout sessions is now posted on the ICE web site (session descriptions are here).

Next Meeting: Jan 22!

We hope you can join ICECAP on Thursday January 22nd! John Sonnenbery of Absolute Software will lead this meeting at the Medill Professional Development Training Facility (1326 W. 14th Place) @ 4PM.

ICECAP Meeting: November 18th @ Whitney Young

We'd like to invite you to join ICECAP at our next meeting!

We'll be at Whitney Young on November 18th from 4 to 6PM.   The more the merrier!

Here's the blurb and the map:

Learn how to create high interest games, interactive quizzes, and realistic simulations using Microsoft Excel! Excel, an application you already have, will be used in ways that will increase the understanding of spreadsheets and data manipulation. In this session, participants will discover how spreadsheet functions and formulas, conditional formatting, and data validation make it easy to develop activities that are fun as well as educational.

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EVENT: Classroom 2.0! This Friday and Saturday

Lucy Gray at the University of Chicago's Urban Education Institute has been putting together the Classroom 2.0 Live Conference which will take place in Chicago on November 7th and 8th.   You can still signup and participate!   Here's the wiki will all the details.

Happy Day After the Election!

Does anyone have any good election stories to share?

I helped run a K-4 mock election and had to field some tough questions about electronic voting!  The kids were wondering what would happen if the computer broke down.   Without using the exact right words, they clearly wanted a paper ballot backup and an audit trail!   I was impressed.  

We used google forms for our electronic voting and everyone in the school was impressed by the instantaneousness of the analytics (choose "show analysis" from the menu).  All in all, a grand time!

If you've got an election story or project from your school that you'd like to share, please leave a comment.

How is it November Already?! (And Pictures from the last ICECAP Meeting)

How is it November already? 

Somewhere in all the anticipation for the election, ICECAP blog posts slowed to a "monthly" pace rather than the intended "weekly" pace. Sorry! :( 

Well, it's time to get back on the blog wagon! Here are some pictures from the first ICECAP Meeting of the year featuring Robert Runcie, the CIO of the Chicago Public Schools, and his staff.  

Reminder: ICECAP Tonight! Mtg w/ CPS CIO Robert Runcie

Here's a last-minute reminder:  ICECAP's first meeting of the school-year is today, Tuesday, September 30th at 4PM.  The meeting will be at the CPS Elizabeth Training Facility (320 N. Elizabeth, Chicago IL) and our featured guest will be Robert Runcie -- the Chicago Public School's Chief Information Officer. He's charged with overseeing all technology -- instructional and administrative -- in the Chicago Public Schools.

We hope that you'll be able to join us!

Also: In case you missed it earlier, the ICECAP website is here.